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Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
CZ, GB, FR, IT, RU, 1994, 106min.?
Jiří Menzel's grotesque tragicomedy based on the novel by Vladimír Vojnović. Our buffoon of a hero, Ivan, watches 1941 slip by in a remote Russian village named Rudá (read Red). The absurdity of Russian Bolshevism is… More
Synopsis
Jiří Menzel's grotesque tragicomedy based on the novel by Vladimír Vojnović. Our buffoon of a hero, Ivan, watches 1941 slip by in a remote Russian village named Rudá (read Red). The absurdity of Russian Bolshevism is revealed through comic episodes tinged with bitter undertones.
| Director | Jiří Menzel |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Story | Vladimír Vojnovič |
| Director of photography | Jaromír Šofr |
| Editor | Jiří Brožek |
| Sound | Jiří Moudrý |
| Featuring | Gennadij Nazarov, Zoja Burjaková, Vladimír Iljin, Sergej Garmaš, Valerij Zolotuchin, Zinovij Gerdt, Maria Vinogradovová |
| Producer | Eric Abraham, Katya Krausová |
| Genre | Feature |
| Production Companies | Portobello Pictures (UK), MK2 Production (FR) |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Space Films |
| Sales | Mk2 |
| Co-production | Fandango, La Sept Cinéma, Canal Plus, Channel Four Films, Cable Plus, Krátký Film Praha, EFA Praha, Studio 89 |
| Premiere | 20.10.1994 |
| Award: | IFF Venice (Italy) 1994 – Golden Medal of the Chair of the Italian Senate, Novoměstský hrnec smíchu 1995 – Zlatý prim [best film] |
